by jmsthornton | Nov 24, 2017 | Code of Conduct, Corruption, Election, Fitzgerald Principles, Ministerial Responsibility, Open Government, Political Funding, Queensland, Reforms
The letter below from Jackie Trad, Deputy Premier of Queensland, was received by Tim Smith and David Solomon in response to our request for all party commitments on openness and transparency and the principles of “Public Trust”. It follows from the letter...
by jmsthornton | Nov 21, 2017 | Election, Queensland, Reforms
Following receipt of a letter from Annastacia Palaszczuk, QLD Premier, outlining her government’s activities on transparency and open government, ART circulated the following request for commitments by all QLD political parties to the same principles. We only...
by jmsthornton | Nov 21, 2017 | Election, Queensland, Reforms
Letter from Annastacia Palaszczuk, QLD Premier to Accountability Round Table: Commitments to Openness and Transparency ANNASTACIA PALASZCZUK MP PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND AND MINISTER FOR THE ARTS 26th October 2017 Dear Mr Smith When my Government was elected in...
by jmsthornton | Oct 17, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, News, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
On 31 May 2017 there was a discussion between members of Accountability Round Table and the Department of the Attorney-General concerning Australia’s the OGP National Action Plan that resulted in our first submission on proper resourcing of the Office of the...
by jmsthornton | Oct 12, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy
MC17-009951 The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP Minister for the Environment and Energy Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 11 October 2017 Dear Minister (Title crossed out and amended by hand to “Josh” (ed) ) I refer to the email you received dated 3 July 2017 from...